AJ SERVICES ENGINEERING LIMITED
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £214.6k | £244.6k |
| Current assets | £645.1k | £494.7k |
| Cash | £138.8k | £109.4k |
| Debtors | £506.3k | £385.3k |
| Net assets | £212.4k | £242.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-04-09🏢Company incorporatedAs AJ SERVICES ENGINEERING LIMITED
- 2020-04-09➕HUDDART, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2020-04-09➕SUMMERFIELD, James appointeddirector
- 2020-04-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Huddart Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/04/2020 |
Mr James Summerfield Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/04/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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